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that's why we need this technology. now, mr. president, i want to point out that from the border patrol not from the department of homeland security i got a detailed list of what they believe is necessary using their experience, as to the specific equipment and capabilities that they need on each of the nine sectors of the border. for example, in the arizona sectors, yuma and tucson, we need 50 fixed towers, we need 73 fixed camera systems 28 mobile surveillance systems 685 unattended ground censors 22 handheld equipment devices 11 nonintrusive inspection systems seven fiber -- the list goes on. it is a specific list of what the border patrol believes in each of the nine sectors on our southern border in order to give us 100% situational awareness and put us on the path to 90% effective control of the border. so i say to my friends who say that we cannot control our border, i believe -- i respectfully disagree because of what we are doing in this legislation. and those who say that we're unable to keep track of what goes on on o
that's why we need this technology. now, mr. president, i want to point out that from the border patrol not from the department of homeland security i got a detailed list of what they believe is necessary using their experience, as to the specific equipment and capabilities that they need on each of the nine sectors of the border. for example, in the arizona sectors, yuma and tucson, we need 50 fixed towers, we need 73 fixed camera systems 28 mobile surveillance systems 685 unattended ground...
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even state-of-the-art technology, these libraries will improve reading and learning opportunities. helping to break the grinding cycle of poverty by providing young people with the hope and tools for success in life. as i said, this is a story that needs to be shared and the devoted officers and staff of the harry and janet weinberg foundation would welcome the opportunity to tell this tale over and over again and see it duplicated across the country. time constraints prevent me from talking about all the partners in the library project. i mentioned the federal partner and i've highlighted the weinberg foundation's lead role but everyone involved deserves recognition and a heartfelt thanks. therefore, i would ask unanimous consent that the list of the other partners and the descriptions of their contribution appear in the record following my remarks. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. cardin: with that, mr. president, i would yield the floor. a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from virginia. mr. ke. aine: i rise to commemorate the shooting of th
even state-of-the-art technology, these libraries will improve reading and learning opportunities. helping to break the grinding cycle of poverty by providing young people with the hope and tools for success in life. as i said, this is a story that needs to be shared and the devoted officers and staff of the harry and janet weinberg foundation would welcome the opportunity to tell this tale over and over again and see it duplicated across the country. time constraints prevent me from talking...
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change that and put it where it belongs in properly defending the nation and investing in science and technology. so so a date change in the continuing resolution is just not workable. the senate amendment improves the house c.r. by adding those three domestic bills, and as i said includes a number of changes. i could go through eve and every one of those changes, like in agriculture -- and what i want to do is just explain the process now. i do want to explain the content of my bill. however, what i'd like to do is take a minute now and yield to senator shelby for his opening statement and then i'd like to be able to come back and explain the details of actual funding. but i must say we have again -- what i appreciated was not only the civility and the collegiality but the conder. we had to lock at not what we would like do and not even what we should do but what we must do to keep not ale when we say government on the, it is to achieve the national goals that america wants. our national security -- both those who wear the uniform of the united states military but others who defend the nation l
change that and put it where it belongs in properly defending the nation and investing in science and technology. so so a date change in the continuing resolution is just not workable. the senate amendment improves the house c.r. by adding those three domestic bills, and as i said includes a number of changes. i could go through eve and every one of those changes, like in agriculture -- and what i want to do is just explain the process now. i do want to explain the content of my bill. however,...
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other issues are more technology-based. pennsylvania's 278,000 mental health records in the state system and can't figure out how to get them into the federal system. i know that something the newly elected governor came will be focusing on as she moves forward. that's a technology problem. then a huge problem is funding. so of the 10 states that it done the most, have improved those over the last two years since we sort our investigation, a them have received funding from the federal government. i want to pause here and take a step back from the research and say something as an advocate. fastening in lester's federal budget that the administration proposed a budget that $4 million, funding for this problem. the authorization is $187 million. $4 million would cover florida alone. the republican house increased the budget of $129. $129 but what i find interesting about that is chairman wilson from virginia, virginia does receive this money but the workers of the virginia tech families over years and years of going into his o
other issues are more technology-based. pennsylvania's 278,000 mental health records in the state system and can't figure out how to get them into the federal system. i know that something the newly elected governor came will be focusing on as she moves forward. that's a technology problem. then a huge problem is funding. so of the 10 states that it done the most, have improved those over the last two years since we sort our investigation, a them have received funding from the federal...
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online market may now exceed gun shows in terms of sales volume, and we all know how we're using our technology more and more every day for our personal lives and how we defend on it. for example, the national shooting sports foundation surveyed owners of modern sporting rifles in 2010 and found that 10% of them, 10% of all rifles sold had purchased their firearms at gun shows, whereas 25% had purchased them online. 25%. believe me, i understand the political stakes for my colleagues and i sympathize. i have been there. i understand it. and comes from states like west virginia, and no state has a higher regard for the second amendment rights to bear arms than my state. in fact, on the great seal of the state of west virginia, the preamble is montani sember liberai. in latin, that means mountaineers are always free. you know how we feel. one of the review states that became a state during the civil war, broke away from virginia at that time. but west virginians are also guided by a little common sense. i have said this. in west virginia, we know what nonsense is, we know what common sense is, an
online market may now exceed gun shows in terms of sales volume, and we all know how we're using our technology more and more every day for our personal lives and how we defend on it. for example, the national shooting sports foundation surveyed owners of modern sporting rifles in 2010 and found that 10% of them, 10% of all rifles sold had purchased their firearms at gun shows, whereas 25% had purchased them online. 25%. believe me, i understand the political stakes for my colleagues and i...
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they are producing light bulb technology. when it is used it can deliver more light than traditional flourescent bulbs for half the energy. the pay back is not a decade, not five years. it is less than one year. since the cost of lighting can comprise up to 50% of a manufacturer's energy bill, it is a relatively easy and inexpensive way to save a lot of energy and as it turns out, a lot of money. through investments in advanced light bulbs and light technology and other energy efficiency measures our country has the potential to save as much as 40 gigawatts of power by 2018. how much is 40 gigawatts? well, think of 80 coal power plants and all of them going full blast. that is about 40 gigawatts. unfortunately, barriers such as upfront costs and inadequate efficiency standards are preventing our country from realizing our energy-efficiency potential. the shaheen-portman bill breaks down many of these barriers. again, i think voting for it is a no-brainer. as an added bonus to the legislation before us today, it will help us r
they are producing light bulb technology. when it is used it can deliver more light than traditional flourescent bulbs for half the energy. the pay back is not a decade, not five years. it is less than one year. since the cost of lighting can comprise up to 50% of a manufacturer's energy bill, it is a relatively easy and inexpensive way to save a lot of energy and as it turns out, a lot of money. through investments in advanced light bulbs and light technology and other energy efficiency...
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what education level of the employees need to have or career technology certificates they will need to be able to meet the jobs in the marketplace pity and my initiative will help our state be able to identify the best practices to do that and to be able to build a road map to be able to take action. the government alone cannot improve the education and training system in its realignment. the needs of our employers -- if we expect business leaders to be able to create these high wage jobs -- we need them to be our partners with us. we need to have them at the table working with us to identify and develop the skill set and also the talent they need for their job. my initiative will also profile expected partnerships and encourage more states to strengthen their efforts in this area. and we have all heard the old saying about feinstein that the definition of insanity is to do the same thing over and over and expect a different result. but through my initiative, the states will identify and share strategies to advocate and to better align our federal and state funding. finally, we will st
what education level of the employees need to have or career technology certificates they will need to be able to meet the jobs in the marketplace pity and my initiative will help our state be able to identify the best practices to do that and to be able to build a road map to be able to take action. the government alone cannot improve the education and training system in its realignment. the needs of our employers -- if we expect business leaders to be able to create these high wage jobs -- we...
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they invent the kinds of technology that breaks the codes and protects us now in this whole new cyber domain. they're the people who run the weather satellites. they might have made -- we -- the european model might have did a better job last week than they did, but you know why? because we haven't had the resources to fund the way the europeans have. so i have employees at f.d.a. right this very minute -- right this very minute they are at their job looking at medical devices to see if they're safe. right this very minute they're working with the private sector, who are bringing them new pharmaceuticals, new biotech and bbiologics that they can look at to see if they're safe and effective, that they could go into clinical practice to help save lives here and be certified by the f.d.a. that would give us the able to sell around the world. but we say to them, yeah, we we know what you're doing, but tough luck. we can't give you a pay raise because we say we have out-of-control spending. i don't think we have out-of-control spending. yes, do we have to be more frugal, do we have to be s
they invent the kinds of technology that breaks the codes and protects us now in this whole new cyber domain. they're the people who run the weather satellites. they might have made -- we -- the european model might have did a better job last week than they did, but you know why? because we haven't had the resources to fund the way the europeans have. so i have employees at f.d.a. right this very minute -- right this very minute they are at their job looking at medical devices to see if they're...
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private citizens to formulate these from law enforcement leaders to firearms owners and enthusiasts, technology and then safety advocates, from retailers to mental health professionals and members of the clergy to gun violence and members of the entertainment industry. the conversations we had a frank, wide ranging and inclusive and the consensus that emerged was president obama said, quote, if there is even one thing we can do to reduce this violence, if there's even one life that can be saved then we have an obligation to try. this obligation is what drove the administration to propose a range of limit -- legislative remedies with 23 executive actions to end mass shootings and prevent the violence. on wednesday president obama signed directives putting a number of these proposals into action. these will require legislation that will be introduced in congress and which we hope will receive timely consideration. at every level of the administration particularly within the department of justice my colleagues and i will do everything in our power to maximize enforcement efforts and implement new
private citizens to formulate these from law enforcement leaders to firearms owners and enthusiasts, technology and then safety advocates, from retailers to mental health professionals and members of the clergy to gun violence and members of the entertainment industry. the conversations we had a frank, wide ranging and inclusive and the consensus that emerged was president obama said, quote, if there is even one thing we can do to reduce this violence, if there's even one life that can be saved...
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information technology has made the most impact. you know, in the '90s the irs had when in clinton's first term the irs had spent $4 billion on failed information technology programs. part of the federal government's problem with information technology had to do with the fact that it had legacy systems. if it wasn't for the u.s. department of defense and the social security administration, we wouldn't have the internet. that's where it came from. so there was, there was sort of an unusual situation there unique to any place in the world. and i think, actually, between the bush administration and especially the obama administration there's actually been great leaps forward in terms of transactional use of the internet. people file their taxes online. this goes off year after year with relatively to problems. you know -- no problems. you know, this has actually been, those two things have been good advantages. i think the major failing over the last 20 years, and it really goes even back beyond that, is that because we were in a sort
information technology has made the most impact. you know, in the '90s the irs had when in clinton's first term the irs had spent $4 billion on failed information technology programs. part of the federal government's problem with information technology had to do with the fact that it had legacy systems. if it wasn't for the u.s. department of defense and the social security administration, we wouldn't have the internet. that's where it came from. so there was, there was sort of an unusual...
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technology is changing, and apparently during the last 20 years, russia and the united states have moved very far away from each other in their understanding of strategic stability. without discussing the issue head-on. for example, united states no longer considers territorial defense, ballistic missile defense as destabilizing. russia does not consider new liquid fuel at the missile as destabilizing. united states does not consider boost glide precision guided as destabilizing. russia does not consider air defense which it is developing as destabilizing. but we are not discussing this issue. after the successful conclusion of new s.t.a.r.t. treaty, we have been talking on the issues of nuclear did terrence and the future -- nuclear deterrence. i think this is a very serious problem. the treaties that rose and their russian counterparts concluded in 2010 was probably the last concluded on the basis of the old paradigm. in the future the problem of moving forward with strategic nuclear arms reduction is not confined to the issues within the balance of offense of nuclear forces. i would s
technology is changing, and apparently during the last 20 years, russia and the united states have moved very far away from each other in their understanding of strategic stability. without discussing the issue head-on. for example, united states no longer considers territorial defense, ballistic missile defense as destabilizing. russia does not consider new liquid fuel at the missile as destabilizing. united states does not consider boost glide precision guided as destabilizing. russia does...
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this growth has been driven both by advances in vehicle technology can and charging technology, but also by policies and incentives that are being put in place at the federal level, the state level and the local level. our panelists this morning will be talking about some of the policies that are already underway as well as some of the efforts that that they think are still needed to help further deploy more trick vehicles -- electric vehicles across the country. i won't give full bios, but they are available in the packets of registration, so please do take a look and see the wonderful work these folks have all done. we're going to start off with anthony eggert who's to my far left, executive director of the university of california davis policy institute for energy, environment and the economy. and he'll be talking about the zev, ha's zero-emission vehicle, program in california and why the state decided to go down this road. next, eric heineman is the governor's sustainability director for the office of governor pat quinn in illinois. he'll talk about the whole variety of policies tha
this growth has been driven both by advances in vehicle technology can and charging technology, but also by policies and incentives that are being put in place at the federal level, the state level and the local level. our panelists this morning will be talking about some of the policies that are already underway as well as some of the efforts that that they think are still needed to help further deploy more trick vehicles -- electric vehicles across the country. i won't give full bios, but...
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campaign, it's a campaign that focuses on the traditional grassroots organizing combined with the latest technology and advocacy to deliver a message. so as the president said, the time is not the best comprehensive immigration reform. but by launching latinos united for immigration reform, what we're saying, it's our time. it's the latino communities time to stand up to the plate, deliver a win for our community on comprehensive immigration reform. and today, is the beginning of that effort. thank you. >> thank you. and today we're joined also by a number of leaders from all over the latino organizations that are part of the coalition. thank you for being here. at this point as you can see, it's a very important national campaign. we will open it up for questions. we take questions in english and in spanish. [speaking spanish] [speaking spanish] >> this reporter has asked a question about the timing for immigration reform. the fact that when the congressional border side isn't led by senator mccain, and others, who have been part of the negotiations process. and what are the implications for getti
campaign, it's a campaign that focuses on the traditional grassroots organizing combined with the latest technology and advocacy to deliver a message. so as the president said, the time is not the best comprehensive immigration reform. but by launching latinos united for immigration reform, what we're saying, it's our time. it's the latino communities time to stand up to the plate, deliver a win for our community on comprehensive immigration reform. and today, is the beginning of that effort....
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company and communication technology space. considering the administration must consider whether india provided equitable and reasonable market access and determining whether to extend gsp benefits. to enjoy gsp benefits when it shuts u.s. companies entirely out of its own markets? >> thank you, senator hatch. gsp has multiple purposes. some is for development, some u.s. firms rely on the import from gsp curve for their production talk about what reform might be appropriate. >> do you understand with regard to the -- absolutely. with regard to india in specifically. i think there are a number of concerning development regarding the innovation and investment, environment. you messagessed a number of them. i'm concerned with the dedoor deter your continues to take action and make it very difficult for u.s. innovative pharmaceutical companies to secure and enforce their patent in india. i'm disturbed by india's decision to issue a license for an important issue on a spacious grounds. also counterfeiting and piracy continue to be r
company and communication technology space. considering the administration must consider whether india provided equitable and reasonable market access and determining whether to extend gsp benefits. to enjoy gsp benefits when it shuts u.s. companies entirely out of its own markets? >> thank you, senator hatch. gsp has multiple purposes. some is for development, some u.s. firms rely on the import from gsp curve for their production talk about what reform might be appropriate. >> do...
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technology can be used at every state in the nation. and pay for itself right away through savings and energy. reducing the government's energy use is not only good for environment but save taxpayers a lot of money. i'm aware that senators offered amendments. i'm aware there's 18 bipartisan amendments to be offered. so i look forward to working with them. and the bill managers to help them play an active role in reducing our nation's energy consumption. some of the answers to america's energy mr. president, we ought to have a talk about what a piece of legislation it is. it is. we're devoted to what this bill is about. why? because the they have taken over the house and the senate. a speaker couldn't pass a simple cr today. they said what is next? he said you have couple of ideas? give me them and they'll be shot down also. we're in a position here where people who don't believe in government, that's what the tea party is about. is winning. that's a shame. there's not been a single amendment allowed to be offered in the legislation that
technology can be used at every state in the nation. and pay for itself right away through savings and energy. reducing the government's energy use is not only good for environment but save taxpayers a lot of money. i'm aware that senators offered amendments. i'm aware there's 18 bipartisan amendments to be offered. so i look forward to working with them. and the bill managers to help them play an active role in reducing our nation's energy consumption. some of the answers to america's energy...
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you heard about facial recognition technology. a lot of scanning software with the can take a driver's license or passport into the system and it will tell you if it's any good. we know there are some challenges for that now. they have all done the training. they have good internal controls. we also found about 245 states were doing a photo sharing arrangement, where if you are participating state, if someone came in and surrendered a license you could check to see if that was really a real license in that state. again, about the time of our review of the 2425 of our state. ssa and tedious also deserve some credit, to be fair. since they've done a lot to ramp up its system to include that data more quickly. there was a loophole several years ago where the death records were not put into a database, some of -- summit could take advantage of the time. and potentially get a license. under a deceased person's name. so they've done a lot to pull but in. they respond very quickly, the verification rates. what we heard from states they w
you heard about facial recognition technology. a lot of scanning software with the can take a driver's license or passport into the system and it will tell you if it's any good. we know there are some challenges for that now. they have all done the training. they have good internal controls. we also found about 245 states were doing a photo sharing arrangement, where if you are participating state, if someone came in and surrendered a license you could check to see if that was really a real...
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we have to balance people, processes, and technology. just like a three-legged stool. if one is too short, the stool falls over. if one is too long, the stool falls over. they must be in balance to hold the weight of what we are trying to accomplish. do this, law enforcement need continued support and resources in order to sustain the tracing of all crime guns in their processing through nibin. thank you. [applause] >> thank you, pete. i'm going to take this time now to open it up for some questions or comments. for anyone on the panel. we have folks again who are in the aisles with microphones. >> first of all, thanks very much for the organizing all the participants that i've listened to so far this point in my question is i wonder if anyone is ever looked at the financial effects of these various regulations on gun dealers. that's acclaimed i often hear. and i ask because as a public health professional i couldn't care less if the gun dealers make less money, but as a citizen who is interested in starting its own local discussion in rural new hampshire and letter to
we have to balance people, processes, and technology. just like a three-legged stool. if one is too short, the stool falls over. if one is too long, the stool falls over. they must be in balance to hold the weight of what we are trying to accomplish. do this, law enforcement need continued support and resources in order to sustain the tracing of all crime guns in their processing through nibin. thank you. [applause] >> thank you, pete. i'm going to take this time now to open it up for...
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the question is that modern technology and analysis. in particular, i'm curious what will you think there might be in the future or out to be poor on the one hand, computers to sort of find signal in the noise and crowd sourcing obviously in some sanitized form. >> wrestlers in his very interesting and comes back to frank's question about instinct and what you get out of crowd sourcing is accumulated, aggregated instinct, which is pretty wise. i'm willing to play with that. if i was a government that be something i was interested in. machines coming out, we are dying in data. we are just being overloaded. you say hack out. collection is only one part of the process, so we end up overwhelming ourselves. but then, what technological society. it is just what we do. so now you have got this avalanche of data coming at you. and so, i actually think complex machines can be used to sort aggregate and present the data. i'm in the private sector now when i talked to folks about this. the one thing i remind them of, at the end of this process, ke
the question is that modern technology and analysis. in particular, i'm curious what will you think there might be in the future or out to be poor on the one hand, computers to sort of find signal in the noise and crowd sourcing obviously in some sanitized form. >> wrestlers in his very interesting and comes back to frank's question about instinct and what you get out of crowd sourcing is accumulated, aggregated instinct, which is pretty wise. i'm willing to play with that. if i was a...
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why is there not some technology embargo we can put in place here? and i don't think that the market of the chinese should be the one thing in front when they're stealing from probably every country in the world. slap them hard and can't we source them? >> guest: i think that's an excellent point. i think i'm surprised there isn't more kind of juice behind that on capitol hill. in the 2012 presidential election, governor romney talked about currency war and manipulation and called them a currency manipulator. i would argue it should be slap their hands, as you said on these issues. it's something that people can understand and get their hands around is the idea of stealing our technology. it's something that, you know, i agree with you but there's been, you know, i've heard experts taunt it and so on. i haven't seen much action on capitol hill to really do something. >> host: jane is up next. he's on a republican line. hello. >> caller: hello. >> host: go ahead, james. >> caller: hello. >>>> host: you on. stop listening to the tv. make your comment o
why is there not some technology embargo we can put in place here? and i don't think that the market of the chinese should be the one thing in front when they're stealing from probably every country in the world. slap them hard and can't we source them? >> guest: i think that's an excellent point. i think i'm surprised there isn't more kind of juice behind that on capitol hill. in the 2012 presidential election, governor romney talked about currency war and manipulation and called them a...
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we enimage in this -- engage in this new media, this new technology. i have yet to see in my limited experience the massive, i think, flood gate opening of latino in science and technology. being back by venture capital. creating the next move. i don't see it happening. i attribute it in part to the educational inequality i see across the country. i'm concerned. >> i know you don't have direct responsibility for education. obviously it's a major issue in illinois, the major issue across the country. what can the government do to really dramatically change that paradigm? i'll give you one extremely alarming staingt i know very well. i live in los angeles. 80%, roughly, of the student of the public education system are latinos. at this point, there are several stats that are in competition with each other. roughly speaking fewer than half of students that enter our public schools graduate. meaning that if you just look to the 100-year window where literally becoming a more ignorant nation. if we allow this to happen. what can government do about it? >> i
we enimage in this -- engage in this new media, this new technology. i have yet to see in my limited experience the massive, i think, flood gate opening of latino in science and technology. being back by venture capital. creating the next move. i don't see it happening. i attribute it in part to the educational inequality i see across the country. i'm concerned. >> i know you don't have direct responsibility for education. obviously it's a major issue in illinois, the major issue across...
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for example, the technology that we have invented is an expanding around the world, and that is leading to jobs overseas because the plants have to be near the consumers trying to serve. we can't export to the disposable diaper from pennsylvania to china and make money on it so we have 150 factories around the world. but nevertheless, that the business that we do internationally results in jobs in the united states. 20% of our jobs in the united states rely on an international business. 40% in the state of ohio our home state relies on international business. so that international business and being globally competitive is incredibly important to their growth of our company and to the growth of the economy and the allied states. we have the world's best company in the united states but right now we are putting them at a disadvantage with our tax policy, with our fiscal policy and with many of the things i've already talked about. >> thank you. >> i agree with you strongly that we have to do a tax reform and we can't have taxes that make our companies competitive. i agree that we have to
for example, the technology that we have invented is an expanding around the world, and that is leading to jobs overseas because the plants have to be near the consumers trying to serve. we can't export to the disposable diaper from pennsylvania to china and make money on it so we have 150 factories around the world. but nevertheless, that the business that we do internationally results in jobs in the united states. 20% of our jobs in the united states rely on an international business. 40% in...
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and it's technology in the infrastructure that we're spending that money on. and i'd like to go faster. i'd like to see us go faster. and even though we're going very fast and the capacity of the networks is coming up, it's amazing how quickly the network capacity gets filled by applications if you build it. so i think we can keep going and keep building and create demand, and to those in the programming side of the business whic is a lot of th room, you know, anything that you put anywhere is going to end up on every screen. and you can't control it. if you think you can control the space where you've distributed a piece of programming, somebody wild a device an bring back together and put it on the of or put it on the distributed wi-fi network in the house or whatever. so there's no way to control where your content goes ultimately, and if you think you can segregate where it goes by calling in the internet and this cable tv, somebody will build a machine to disabuse you of the notion. >> well, thank you for infrastructure. [laughter] i'll be a little more s
and it's technology in the infrastructure that we're spending that money on. and i'd like to go faster. i'd like to see us go faster. and even though we're going very fast and the capacity of the networks is coming up, it's amazing how quickly the network capacity gets filled by applications if you build it. so i think we can keep going and keep building and create demand, and to those in the programming side of the business whic is a lot of th room, you know, anything that you put anywhere is...
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their first love was technology, and then they decided to come over to politics. a lot of the folks that came over didn't know what gotv was or utw, it was interesting. you know, as any campaign, i'm sure you felt as though you figure out how to work as a team. the tech folk, i couldn't understand them talking to me, but they worked together, figured it out, and were successful. it was stressful there because a lot didn't come from the same backgrounds, but we ultimately -- >> i know this is not your area, but could you talk a little bit about the facebook targeted sharing program and how that worked. probably teddy. they were always working on that, and -- >> but facebook was a big deal. >> right, right. right. it was a human deal. you know that's how we communicated with a lot of folks m i don't know all the details about it. >> do you think in the future, and we'll open it up for questions, how is this going to change in 2016? will, let's start on the republican side, will you -- you talk about building a, you know, a different kind of model that uses the web m
their first love was technology, and then they decided to come over to politics. a lot of the folks that came over didn't know what gotv was or utw, it was interesting. you know, as any campaign, i'm sure you felt as though you figure out how to work as a team. the tech folk, i couldn't understand them talking to me, but they worked together, figured it out, and were successful. it was stressful there because a lot didn't come from the same backgrounds, but we ultimately -- >> i know this...
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one is technology plans. what -- 1 of the decisions i made a year plus ago is the notion that one water called sbinet the powers that would go along the 2000 miles of the border and create a virtual sense, it didn't work. the border, parts of it are arid desert and parts of it are lush along the rio grande river. it's every kind of terrain you can imagine so rather than one approach it's affected by sector technology as to what would be the most useful manpower we have in each sector. those plans have been given to the congress and they have been completed. so i think what more can be done is to make sure those plans are filled out. in other words we make the acquisitions and deploy the technology but i think in terms of manpower, we are really there and what i try to communicate when i speak with members of congress is look, border security is not somehow different when looking at the overall emmett -- integration system. for example, we know the key driver, a key driver of immigration is the demand for labo
one is technology plans. what -- 1 of the decisions i made a year plus ago is the notion that one water called sbinet the powers that would go along the 2000 miles of the border and create a virtual sense, it didn't work. the border, parts of it are arid desert and parts of it are lush along the rio grande river. it's every kind of terrain you can imagine so rather than one approach it's affected by sector technology as to what would be the most useful manpower we have in each sector. those...
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we have our technology curve and i can show you the map of all of our technology curves across the board. and they come down over time, and what that's composed of is iteration of the technology, as you go from the early stage, to jen one to june 22 gen three. and each of those, when their first produced, low volumes with sort of in the lab, they have a high cost. it's like think about it. you're basically putting those first versions of a new technology together by hand. that costs a lot. but when you get to the larger manufacturing, then when you achieve those economies of scale, then they are strictly price competitive in the marketplace. if you can allow, ma continue to march down that technology pathway, then we think that eventually you can see a scenario where you don't need them. we hope. you know, and i think we have seen that in our technologies. each of our technology pathways have an endpoint that is below the current prices of the income the technology they are competing with. i think you'd see sort of a natural exit point right there. >> thanks. i will take one last questio
we have our technology curve and i can show you the map of all of our technology curves across the board. and they come down over time, and what that's composed of is iteration of the technology, as you go from the early stage, to jen one to june 22 gen three. and each of those, when their first produced, low volumes with sort of in the lab, they have a high cost. it's like think about it. you're basically putting those first versions of a new technology together by hand. that costs a lot. but...
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we discussed one aspect of legal immigration critical for our future and that is the technology field. if you go into the agricultural industry, they will tell you the same thing. legal immigration is good for our country. it's important for our country. the second thing people will tell you that illegal immigration is not good for america. i know both sides of this coin firsthand. i didn't read about this in a book. i didn't watch some movie last week about immigration. i lived this issue on a daily basis. i live in a family of immigrants, married into a family of immigrants, in a neighborhood of immigrants, in a community of immigrants. i see all the good things that legal immigration has done for america, and i see the strain that illegal immigration places on our country. we have a fundamental problem in america today, and that is that we have a broken legal immigration system and we have a very serious illegal immigration problem. and those are the things that we are trying to address in a commonsense way that's good for america. and what you saw yesterday was the release of some
we discussed one aspect of legal immigration critical for our future and that is the technology field. if you go into the agricultural industry, they will tell you the same thing. legal immigration is good for our country. it's important for our country. the second thing people will tell you that illegal immigration is not good for america. i know both sides of this coin firsthand. i didn't read about this in a book. i didn't watch some movie last week about immigration. i lived this issue on a...
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in years to come as that technology becomes evermore sophisticated. madam president, opposition to the current n.s.a. policy is coming from across the political spectrum. representative jim sensenbrenner, a conservative republican from wisconsin and one of the authors of the original patriot act, said in a thursday letter to attorney general eric holder that he is -- quote -- "extremely troubled" by the national security agency's seizure of the phone records of millions of verizon customers through a secret court ruling. he also said -- and i quote, this is jim sensenbrenner, "i do not believe the released fisa order is consistent. how can the phone records of so many innocent americans be relevant to a phone investigation as required by the act? seizing phone records of millions of innocent people is excessive and un-american" is what congressman, republican congressman jim sensenbrenner said in a press release that accompanied his letter to the attorney general. madam president, it is clear to me that the united states congress has got to take a ver
in years to come as that technology becomes evermore sophisticated. madam president, opposition to the current n.s.a. policy is coming from across the political spectrum. representative jim sensenbrenner, a conservative republican from wisconsin and one of the authors of the original patriot act, said in a thursday letter to attorney general eric holder that he is -- quote -- "extremely troubled" by the national security agency's seizure of the phone records of millions of verizon...
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colleagues at nasa have invested in technology studies using schlumberger's down hole technologies. they've been actually proposed as extensions beyond the kind of experiment we have on curiosity now with active neutron sources and broad spectrum neutron and gamma ray protecters. they have not flown, but they have been proposed. >> yeah. certainly, yeah, get the idea of water and elemental composition in the subsurface would be very useful. >> i didn't know that. thank you. >> i think we have time -- if chris -- well, i guess he's not killing us. okay. next colleague, please. >> my name is shannon jones, i'm also a student at cornell university. my question is, you mentioned that we can use deviations from iowa biotic -- [inaudible] for detection of and present signs of life, and that has a strong focus on organic chemistry. i'm wondering how flexible our definition of life is in our research, and if we find life, what happens next? >> oh, my goodness. anyone? good question. comments? steely? >> yeah, it depends. the definition of life is one that's been argued for hundreds of years
colleagues at nasa have invested in technology studies using schlumberger's down hole technologies. they've been actually proposed as extensions beyond the kind of experiment we have on curiosity now with active neutron sources and broad spectrum neutron and gamma ray protecters. they have not flown, but they have been proposed. >> yeah. certainly, yeah, get the idea of water and elemental composition in the subsurface would be very useful. >> i didn't know that. thank you. >>...
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, digital technology. that is possible. some people are talking about also unlicensed operations in the guard bands between the new spectrum auction between wireless and broadcasting. you may have seen the washington post editorial today on that very issue. keep in mind, the statute requires that the guard bands be no more wide than it is technically necessary. so there is a limit, probably, to how much wi-fi and on lices devices you can put into those guard bands. i'm not sure that we are going to see huge nationwide wi-fi systems developed for free because, keep in mind, everyone is going to have to build up the systems. are they going to want to charge and get a value for them. so i think all of this is yet to be worked out. we will be working on this for years to see how this develops. it is all to the good in one sense that, again, we want to try to serve the country with the best of technology. >> americas watch television, either through cable or satellite. the commission has had a proceeding for co
, digital technology. that is possible. some people are talking about also unlicensed operations in the guard bands between the new spectrum auction between wireless and broadcasting. you may have seen the washington post editorial today on that very issue. keep in mind, the statute requires that the guard bands be no more wide than it is technically necessary. so there is a limit, probably, to how much wi-fi and on lices devices you can put into those guard bands. i'm not sure that we are...
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that is demonstrating this long-range missile technology. these developments have been accompanied with extremely belligerent, aggressive public rhetoric toward the united states and south korean. we continue to carefully monitor developments in anticipation of north korea's next provocative step. continuing to develop technical expertise, nuclear reactors and a position of those dismissals from which it could draw if it decides to build missile delivery, nestle deliverable nuclear weapons, these technical advances strengthen our assessment that tehran has the scientific, technical, and industrial capacity. so the central issue is its political will to do so. such a decision will reside with the supreme leader in the this point we don't know if there will decide to build nuclear weapons. the united states and our allies are attracting serious ammunition stockpiles which are all part of a large complex diverse program. advanced chemical weapons program has the potential to inflict mass casualties. the increasingly belligerent regime having fo
that is demonstrating this long-range missile technology. these developments have been accompanied with extremely belligerent, aggressive public rhetoric toward the united states and south korean. we continue to carefully monitor developments in anticipation of north korea's next provocative step. continuing to develop technical expertise, nuclear reactors and a position of those dismissals from which it could draw if it decides to build missile delivery, nestle deliverable nuclear weapons,...
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if you create new technology or develop technology company you create jobs and opportunity that live here, work here, were born here. this is a net positive for economy and that's what this issue is so critical and being confronted. as we deal with their entire immigration system, we can't modernize the immigration system if we don't have a way to get the world's best and brightest to come here in a way that cost effect to, in a way that faith in a way that's legal. that's over attempting to do. this bill is not in competition with other efforts. in fact, it's an indispensable part of it. you cannot reform the system if it does not include visa provisions for graduates in science technology, engineering and math. my final point, it makes no sense to invite people to come to the united states to study and are universities, to become the best and brightest in the world at the subject matter and then to ask them to leave. think about that for a moment. we tell you come to america, we are going to teach you everything you know and that we want you to go somewhere else and use the knowled
if you create new technology or develop technology company you create jobs and opportunity that live here, work here, were born here. this is a net positive for economy and that's what this issue is so critical and being confronted. as we deal with their entire immigration system, we can't modernize the immigration system if we don't have a way to get the world's best and brightest to come here in a way that cost effect to, in a way that faith in a way that's legal. that's over attempting to...
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that's always been the case for new technology. when printing came out, the catholic church was concerned and they were right to be because a deteriorated the catholic church. these are things we need to be worried about. but today the things that we are worried about is how people form antonette bonds. smart phones are incredibly addictive. my wife is always trying to pry me away because it is so endlessly fascinating. there is always another story to read and e-mail and then the new york times. it's so compelling and it's very easy to stare at your iphone so there are a number of books that this is changing the way we form antonette relationships. she talks in great detail about psychological profiles for the past 25 years the way they form friendships and a number of the friendships and the way they interact and seize an actual decline in the number of the relationships which is well worth learning about. so this is something that i tackle at length. i was imagining this much more communication, all of this cool stuff. the probl
that's always been the case for new technology. when printing came out, the catholic church was concerned and they were right to be because a deteriorated the catholic church. these are things we need to be worried about. but today the things that we are worried about is how people form antonette bonds. smart phones are incredibly addictive. my wife is always trying to pry me away because it is so endlessly fascinating. there is always another story to read and e-mail and then the new york...
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drones are an amazing piece of technology. and that technology but one of the reasons that we're having the discussion that we're having tonight is because failure of foresight from both the bush administration and the obama administration. neither democrats or republican have really put in place either a legal and ethical or policy framework for how it is drones should be used. in fact, we're now hearing, as we hear much about the drone program from anonymous sources from leaks in the "new york times" and "the washington post, that the obama administration is scrambling to put together some sort of drone playbook. drones, i think, can be an effective weapon or a weapon that does more harm than good. and that is what i really like to talk about tonight. the way drones are described, they are talked about as being legal, as being ethical, and as being wise. i think david did a great job of the legality as did avery who touched on it. ethics is something we can debate in the question and answer. i would like to talk about the wi
drones are an amazing piece of technology. and that technology but one of the reasons that we're having the discussion that we're having tonight is because failure of foresight from both the bush administration and the obama administration. neither democrats or republican have really put in place either a legal and ethical or policy framework for how it is drones should be used. in fact, we're now hearing, as we hear much about the drone program from anonymous sources from leaks in the...
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not enough universities are using technology to reduce costs and increase, you know, graduation rates and pass rates. we want to try to put some significant things to incentivize behavior. i want to get your insight on the better idea you have. the debt burden is starringerring. the cost is factor too high. none is good for young people or the families or country. >> thank you. i would be delighted to work with you and the colleague and the department. i guess i want to emphasize the importance of the campus base financial aid program. as someone who used to more the programs they are often the difference between whether a student enters or doesn't enter. and most often a difference that make the difference between whether a student stays. >> whether or not they stay or leave. >> absolutely. second question, quickly. you talk about a culture of completion, again, full agreement. and there's a lot of pieces to that. well, one piece that i would hope we could resurrect is cooperative education. cooperative education is, as you know we talk abouted this. this is something i think one of
not enough universities are using technology to reduce costs and increase, you know, graduation rates and pass rates. we want to try to put some significant things to incentivize behavior. i want to get your insight on the better idea you have. the debt burden is starringerring. the cost is factor too high. none is good for young people or the families or country. >> thank you. i would be delighted to work with you and the colleague and the department. i guess i want to emphasize the...
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we think technologies, plural, will continue to refine and develop not only those technologies but many others. >> you under thank you for doing this. >> good to see you again. >> you mentioned the keystone pipeline a couple times in your speech but i wonder if you could come if you have an assessment whether my president obama will reject or approve the pipeline? if he does reject it won't be the political consequences be? >> we are hopeful that he will approve it, and right now we are encouraged i what we're hearing from the white house. obviously, as a result of alleged report coming from the state of nebraska, the governor has to make a final decision that may affect the department of state. but we're hopeful the president will approve. i think we'll look at it from a jobs perspective, from the energy needs of the united states, as prime minister harper said on a number of occasions, it's a no-brainer. so we're hopeful the president will step forward. i think will be an early indication as the president's commitment based on what he promised to the american people when he said that
we think technologies, plural, will continue to refine and develop not only those technologies but many others. >> you under thank you for doing this. >> good to see you again. >> you mentioned the keystone pipeline a couple times in your speech but i wonder if you could come if you have an assessment whether my president obama will reject or approve the pipeline? if he does reject it won't be the political consequences be? >> we are hopeful that he will approve it, and...
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that's what the technology on the border -- $4.5 billion in technology -- sensors, radars, drones, helicopters bs planes -- that's what it's all about. so we know that we have the border secure. we ask our colleagues on both ideas of the aisle to join with us. -- on both sides of the aisle to join with us. let's join and meet this challenge for the american people and let's address border security. that's what this legislation does. madam president, i yield the floor. mr. leahy: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from vermont. mr. leahy: madam president, the hoeven-corker a.m. is subject to a -- amendment is subject to a budget point of order. it increases on-budget deficit over both the five and ten-year periods and exceeds the judiciary committee's alloy indication for direct spending but on-budget effects do not take into account the significant off-budget savings. and last week the nonpartisan congressional budget office concluded the bill is going to especially help us achieve nearly $1 trillion in deficit reduction. and we also have learned that the hoeven-corker amendme
that's what the technology on the border -- $4.5 billion in technology -- sensors, radars, drones, helicopters bs planes -- that's what it's all about. so we know that we have the border secure. we ask our colleagues on both ideas of the aisle to join with us. -- on both sides of the aisle to join with us. let's join and meet this challenge for the american people and let's address border security. that's what this legislation does. madam president, i yield the floor. mr. leahy: madam...
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i have heard it from high-tech start-ups, too, as well as big technology companies like 3m, st. jude, medtronic. i have heard it from the home builders, the construction companies, even hospitals and health care providers. these businesses represent a vast range of industries and interests, but when it comes to immigration reform, they all agree it's critical to their operations and it is a vital engine for growth and innovation and, in fact, history shows that immigrants have helped america lead the world in innovation and entrepreneurship for generations. madam president, more than 30% of u.s. nobel laureates were born in other countries. 90 of our fortune 500 companies were formed by immigrants. 200 of our fortune 500 companies were formed by immigrants or children of immigrants. workers, inventors, scientists, researchers from around the world have literally built america, and in an increasingly global economy, they are a big part of keeping our country competitive today. if we want to continue to be a country that thinks, that invents, that exports to the world, then we can
i have heard it from high-tech start-ups, too, as well as big technology companies like 3m, st. jude, medtronic. i have heard it from the home builders, the construction companies, even hospitals and health care providers. these businesses represent a vast range of industries and interests, but when it comes to immigration reform, they all agree it's critical to their operations and it is a vital engine for growth and innovation and, in fact, history shows that immigrants have helped america...
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more border patrol agents, more drones flying over the area to watch for traffickers coming over, more technology, more fencing, things like that. so there's this middle ground of saying, okay, we're not necessarily going to tie the legalization of our nation's illegal immigrants to some pet rick of border security, but saying, hey, if we provide x amount of border agents, if we provide x amount of fencing, of funding down to that area, then that should be enough to get us over that hump. >> host: inside "usa today," alan gomez's piece includes this map. border security to the south. as washington considers a sweeping immigration bill that could legalize the nation's 11 million illegal immigrants, one point of disagreement is how best to secure the 1,969 miles southwest border with mexico to hold off futureaways of people -- waves of people. here's a look at the different strategies employed by border patrol in the different regions favored by immigrants and smugglers. so if you're interested in that, pull up "usa today" online or buy the newspaper this morning to see all the different strategies
more border patrol agents, more drones flying over the area to watch for traffickers coming over, more technology, more fencing, things like that. so there's this middle ground of saying, okay, we're not necessarily going to tie the legalization of our nation's illegal immigrants to some pet rick of border security, but saying, hey, if we provide x amount of border agents, if we provide x amount of fencing, of funding down to that area, then that should be enough to get us over that hump....
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we have technology now that doesn't take that long. but, mr. president, it's common sense, that's why more than 90% of americans including the vast majority of gun owners, the majority of people who belong to the n.r.a., support our proposal to keep guns out of the hands of criminals and those with mental illnesses. that's what universal background check, that's what it's all about. this legislation would also crack down on anyone who buys a gun as part of a scheme to funnel it to criminals, reducing violent crime and protecting police officers. the three things in this bill that's now before this body were reported out of the judiciary committee led by pat leahy. if anyone thinks that pat leahy is a wimp on guns, they've got another thought coming. he's from the state of vermont. he boasts about a gun he has, he has a 50 caliber gun. i don't know why he wants one but he's got one. he is a man who loves to shoot his guns. so this bill is reported out of the judiciary committee led by one of the people who knows about as much about guns as many
we have technology now that doesn't take that long. but, mr. president, it's common sense, that's why more than 90% of americans including the vast majority of gun owners, the majority of people who belong to the n.r.a., support our proposal to keep guns out of the hands of criminals and those with mental illnesses. that's what universal background check, that's what it's all about. this legislation would also crack down on anyone who buys a gun as part of a scheme to funnel it to criminals,...
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now, it's a complex information technology question, but the issues now that are rising have to do with privacy issues. but let's just and for those who don't know, this is a place where irs data, so your income, has to come together. data from the department of homeland security under immigration status comes together. the department of justice on your criminal history, of incarcerated people for instance, can't get a subsidy. hhs and social security or enrollment in other entitlement programs, and fifth is a data from the state government on your residency. this is five streams updated have to come into place into a federal hub. and the federal hub needs to be able to interface with the state exchangexchanges to determine wr or not you are eligible for the subsidy. so this is a fairly complex issue and all of the sudden we are now hearing, particularly over the weekend we are hearing all my god, this is a terrible, terrible danger to america's privacy because of the amount of information there. so maybe bruce, we can start with you and anyone else who wants to weigh in on how valid do
now, it's a complex information technology question, but the issues now that are rising have to do with privacy issues. but let's just and for those who don't know, this is a place where irs data, so your income, has to come together. data from the department of homeland security under immigration status comes together. the department of justice on your criminal history, of incarcerated people for instance, can't get a subsidy. hhs and social security or enrollment in other entitlement...
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we know that china's investment in sub-saharan africa is very important and we know brazil has technologies that can help food production in tropical areas if they share those ,-com,-com ma so there is much more the kind of common interest in how this kind of sharing and mutual support can help to advance goals as different as both a development goals but also the original global economy ones and financial regulation and so on. and also through the help of areas that touch on how successful other international global and financial system can be for everybody. thank you. [applause] >> thank you so much caroline. just a breathtaking presentation of of the scope of the g20's work and her responsibilities which are fast and it's hard to see how one human being can cover all of that ground. we are going to talk more -- you do have help. what we do for sherpa's. caroline has time for a think a few questions so he do have a question please wait for the microphone which are floating and please identify yourself and please make the question short. thanks. down there, i see. if you can say who you ar
we know that china's investment in sub-saharan africa is very important and we know brazil has technologies that can help food production in tropical areas if they share those ,-com,-com ma so there is much more the kind of common interest in how this kind of sharing and mutual support can help to advance goals as different as both a development goals but also the original global economy ones and financial regulation and so on. and also through the help of areas that touch on how successful...
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we have to respond to the needs of american families and technology companies and investors who create jobs in this country. we also need to remember that our history and our future as a nation is based on immigrants who are considering the legalization process provided in this bill. almost four weeks ago, the judiciary committee voted to report this immigration reform bill with a strong bipartisan vote of 13-5. i understand the congressional budget office task was a big one with a complex, comprehensive measure such as this one. we had expected their score today. i hope they are able to get us the official score early tomorrow so we can move forward and complete consideration of this bill. but in addition to the c.b.o. score we are waiting, we should also credit the extensive testimony the judiciary committee received from former c.b.o. director douglas holtz-eakin. he testified immigration reform will increase the productivity growth of the u.s. economy, the fundamental building block and generate higher economic growth numbers than we have seen in recent years. specifically, he esti
we have to respond to the needs of american families and technology companies and investors who create jobs in this country. we also need to remember that our history and our future as a nation is based on immigrants who are considering the legalization process provided in this bill. almost four weeks ago, the judiciary committee voted to report this immigration reform bill with a strong bipartisan vote of 13-5. i understand the congressional budget office task was a big one with a complex,...
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but that review does not solve the problems facing the information technology sector. it doesn't do anything to address serious concerns, including this industry or tax treatment or stop blatant theft of american intellectual property. the primary form to discuss this is the trade policy which we cochaired. the one you expect hold the next trade policy form and what can we do to support the union's efforts and what is the administration doing to ensure that this is on a positive trajectory? >> thank you, congressman. this is very much at the center of the agenda last week when we had the finance minister, the trade minister, deputy chairman of the commission in town for a series of meetings, besides the issue and how it is affecting our bilateral economic relationship and how we might be able to address it. i had very good conversations with my counterpart, the trade minister and we have agreed our staffs are closer together to tee up and try to resolve a number of the outstanding issues so that we can have a ministerial level of trade policy for sometime in the future
but that review does not solve the problems facing the information technology sector. it doesn't do anything to address serious concerns, including this industry or tax treatment or stop blatant theft of american intellectual property. the primary form to discuss this is the trade policy which we cochaired. the one you expect hold the next trade policy form and what can we do to support the union's efforts and what is the administration doing to ensure that this is on a positive trajectory?...
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not only in primary education, but also in education at a higher level in areas of science and technology and engineering and math mathematics. we are woefully short in what we ought to be if we're going to be the most competitive region in this world. and that's the opportunity we have to give to our children and our grandchildren. that is the most important thing that we can do in terms of creating a better quality of life. now, if this, if our congress, the u.s. congress through stupidity or irresponsibility or a high degree of partisanship fails to deal with the immigration reforms that are pending up there now, this issue of immigration or migration is not going to go away. it's going to be with us for a long time here to come. but if we seize the opportunity as i think we can and we will, if we seize the opportunity and give a particular emphasis to the role of education not only the education in the basics, but the education in the relevancy, how does it relate to the needs of global economic needs at the present time and how do we train and retrain our young people and our workers
not only in primary education, but also in education at a higher level in areas of science and technology and engineering and math mathematics. we are woefully short in what we ought to be if we're going to be the most competitive region in this world. and that's the opportunity we have to give to our children and our grandchildren. that is the most important thing that we can do in terms of creating a better quality of life. now, if this, if our congress, the u.s. congress through stupidity or...
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the technology is there. let's talk about that. we have other folks that come to us and say why don't we take this natural gas and let's convert our diesel fleet over to natural gas. well, here again, okay, that all sounds good, but i don't think you can do all three of those things. we don't have any mechanism right now to coordinate that and put all that together and get consistent with our energy policy. mr. wyden: would the senator yield for a question? mr. pryor: absolutely. mr. wyden: it strikes me that the senator's idea is particularly practical right now because you look at the changes we have seen in the last four or five years, particularly in areas like natural gas and we were talking about it with the senators from -- from north dakota. four or five years ago -- and this would be the point of the senator's amendment, to get the policies of the government start being reflective of what goes on in the marketplace. four or five years ago, in our state, we were having pitched battles about whether to develop import facilit
the technology is there. let's talk about that. we have other folks that come to us and say why don't we take this natural gas and let's convert our diesel fleet over to natural gas. well, here again, okay, that all sounds good, but i don't think you can do all three of those things. we don't have any mechanism right now to coordinate that and put all that together and get consistent with our energy policy. mr. wyden: would the senator yield for a question? mr. pryor: absolutely. mr. wyden: it...
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is it technology generated. a fear of technology, in your opinion, greg, why did it become a good issue or large issue. it seems odd to me that usually when we focus as a society on a particular problem or issue, it's because it is a prevalent issue. it's something that occurred repeatedly or the single occurrence was shocking to the consciousness that we focused on it as society. i see the absence of this with uaf in this country. i'm curious in your opinion why it became such a prevalent issue. >> i think it hit on all the things. and, you know, i want to be clear that the priseres concerns jay is arctic lace. i didn't agree with the scope of the concern and the rhetoric it seems like they are treated different than other technologies. those chart out some of the territory. let's take what you said cameras have been around forever. go to new york city and leave a backpack on the ground see thong takes before a police officer shows up. n.y.p.d. has a helicopter that can see people from miles away. better than a
is it technology generated. a fear of technology, in your opinion, greg, why did it become a good issue or large issue. it seems odd to me that usually when we focus as a society on a particular problem or issue, it's because it is a prevalent issue. it's something that occurred repeatedly or the single occurrence was shocking to the consciousness that we focused on it as society. i see the absence of this with uaf in this country. i'm curious in your opinion why it became such a prevalent...
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technology will solve the problem. sometimes some of these hackathons feed into that. it is problematic and good to call it out as well. >> sort of like a charity complex in a way instead of -- >> something that really all social movements face when they come into their own. look at the civil rights movement. millions and millions of dollars spent on martin luther king, jr. memorial by mcdonald's and burger king and all the companies. they don't care about civil rights at all. environmental movement with green washing or animal rights movement and under cover investigations with corporations saying everything is humane and cage-free. those words don't mean anything. i think as the movements grow there is pressure to sanitize them and divorce them from like ad call political critique and make it something that can be bought and sold by start-ups or by monsanto or by cargill as being humane. >> this is a question sort of more for will but i'm sure anybody else would have good feedback on it. there was a really great panel yesterday here about environmental genocide and t
technology will solve the problem. sometimes some of these hackathons feed into that. it is problematic and good to call it out as well. >> sort of like a charity complex in a way instead of -- >> something that really all social movements face when they come into their own. look at the civil rights movement. millions and millions of dollars spent on martin luther king, jr. memorial by mcdonald's and burger king and all the companies. they don't care about civil rights at all....
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too deep or aimed # at the wrong program, she says, "hurt the nation in crucial areas like education, technology, science, and energy." what's on the table for cuts? no social security, no medicare, the major drivers of benefits, but are the drivers of debt and deficit. what's on the table for spending cuts? >> guest: okay. there's a lot of questions there. >> host: right. >> guest: first of all, you know, the major drivers of the current deficits are two things. tax cuts for the wealthy and wars in iraq and afghanistan. this has been well documented by economists. let's not pretend like grandmother is responsible for the deficits. she's not. i promise you. yeah, you know, what would define a spending cut, again, cutting the amount of money that would pay for prescription drugs. getting the same drugs for $130 billion cheaper by untying medicare and medicaid's hands and lay low them to negotiation. that's a cut to save money, impacting the big guy, not the little guy. you know, if we sub subsidize ie name of family farmers, agriculture corporations. we, warn in the campaign talk about a balanced
too deep or aimed # at the wrong program, she says, "hurt the nation in crucial areas like education, technology, science, and energy." what's on the table for cuts? no social security, no medicare, the major drivers of benefits, but are the drivers of debt and deficit. what's on the table for spending cuts? >> guest: okay. there's a lot of questions there. >> host: right. >> guest: first of all, you know, the major drivers of the current deficits are two things. tax...
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combination technologies will be very, very critical. so those are a few thoughts about how we pursue our mission today. that may wrap up coming back to our core object days. darpa subject to this a new generation of technology for national security. so what might the military capability of the future look like? today we are building a future in which war fighters can use cybertools as tactical weapons fully integrated in the kinetic site. we are building a new generation of electronic warfare that will deprive what others around the world do with globally available technology. they're also building a new suite of technology for position navigation and timing to people and platforms will continue to be dangerously reliant on gps as they are today. if you look across programs, we also built new approaches to space and robotics to advance platforms, weapons systems underneath all of that, we are building a new foundation of emerging technologies and software to let trot nixon materials, but also new technologies that emerge from the biolog
combination technologies will be very, very critical. so those are a few thoughts about how we pursue our mission today. that may wrap up coming back to our core object days. darpa subject to this a new generation of technology for national security. so what might the military capability of the future look like? today we are building a future in which war fighters can use cybertools as tactical weapons fully integrated in the kinetic site. we are building a new generation of electronic warfare...
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it's going to be some nuclear technology or chemical weapon, a weapon of mass destruction. that's why we have to be on our guard. and when you capture someone who's associated with al qaeda, the best thing is to hold them for interrogation purposes, because we found bin laden not through torture, my friend. we found bin laden through a decade of putting the puzzle together. and senator durbin, senator mccain, both of you were i think effective advocates that we have to live within our values and when we capture somebody we're going to hold them under the law of war, we're going to exploit intelligence but we're going to do it within the laws that we've signed up to like the geneva convention, the convention against torture. so to my friends on this side of the aisle -- mr. durbin: would the senator yield for a question? mr. graham: absolutely. mr. durbin: to my colleagues on the other side of the aisle it was 12 hours ago i was standing here, a lonely voice among others who were discussing this issue bringing up the points that you raise. the first is the drone is a weapon.
it's going to be some nuclear technology or chemical weapon, a weapon of mass destruction. that's why we have to be on our guard. and when you capture someone who's associated with al qaeda, the best thing is to hold them for interrogation purposes, because we found bin laden not through torture, my friend. we found bin laden through a decade of putting the puzzle together. and senator durbin, senator mccain, both of you were i think effective advocates that we have to live within our values...